Product Description
by Carolyn Gibbons (Author)
This book is a collection of items of genealogical significance found in 573 deeds in Cumberland County, North Carolina, Deed Books 53 through 56. There are almost 3500 individual names in the index. It includes named slaves, neighbors in land deals, mentions of relationships (such as "to my niece"), mentions of deaths, mentions of movement to other states and marriage contracts.
Author Biography
Carolyn Gibbons has been a genealogist since 1964. She came to Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1974 and became active in Cumberland County. She has published books on Howard County, Missouri marriages, Harnett County wills, and Cumberland County court records. She is currently editor of Cumberland Chronicles, the newsletter for the Cumberland County Genealogical Society.
